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Garden Update..

Isaac and I went down to water the garden last night and I was surprised to see how my green beans had grown so quickly!I planted bush beans and I moved the plants around a bit to see and saw a ton of green beans about ready!Really it seemed like overnight…. But I am thrilled!Besides eating them fresh I will be freezing any leftover ones and canning some 3 bean salad.I don’t think I really planted enough to bother with canning, we will see though.I may can some if it looks like I have enough.

Today the temps are soaring to around 100 and so Leanne and I went down to the garden this morning to water again.I wanted to make sure my garden gets plenty of water during this upcoming heat wave. I took some pics while I was there..

Lettuce..well, I planted a whole lot of lettuce and we are eating lots of salad but it seems that we barely put a dent in what I planted! LOL..so lesson learned?Plant less and plant ever few weeks instead of all at once..I knew this actually so why I did not follow this I am not sure..a few too many summers off of gardening and my skills got rusty!

Summer Squash..I still don’t have any ready. I planted 3 mini zucchini's and 3 sunburst squash plants..but I am gathering together all my zucchini and summer squash recipes to be prepared.

Your garden is so beautiful ! How in the world do you keep it so weed free ??? We have spent most of our day today in picking and snapping green beans . It is a very nice feeling to have grown your own food and preserve it for winter months.

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